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US Executes Virginia Gang Killer Corey Johnson Despite COVID-19 Infection
The U.S. government executed a drug trafficker Thursday for slaying seven people in a burst of violence in Virginia's capital in 1992, with some witnesses in the death-chamber building applauding as the 52-year-old was pronounced dead.